Re: question related to cp (-p) and /tmp

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Patrice Duroux wrote:
> option: --preserve=mode
> cp: preserving permissions for '/tmp/test.sh': Operation not supported
> exitcode: 1
> [...]
> It says that the operation is not supported but still the mode of the
> copy is ok.

Maybe it sees ACL at the source file and your /tmp filesystem cannot
do ACL ?

Try with setfacl(1) whether files in the /tmp directory accept non-trivial
ACLs, like

  touch /tmp/x
  setfacl -m u:1234:w /tmp/x

The inquiry by

  getfacl /tmp/x

should then report among others a line:

  user:1234:-w-


Have a nice day :)

Thomas